Justin Timberlake, Back at the Super Bowl. What About Janet?
Justin Timberlake, Back at the Super Bowl. What About Janet?
By JON PARELESFEB. 1, 2018 -- The New York Times
When Justin Timberlake was announced as the performer for this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, the memory of one of pop’s biggest traumas resurfaced.
The last time Mr. Timberlake played the Super Bowl halftime, it was in an MTV-produced hodgepodge in 2004 that also included Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and a marching band. (Mr. Timberlake had already been in one of those MTV mash-ups three years earlier as a member of ’N Sync.) After some raunchy rap-rock from a flag-draped Kid Rock, Ms. Jackson strutted through a fiery, heartfelt performance of “Rhythm Nation” — demanding, “People of the world, unite!” — that few now remember.
READ MORE: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/arts/mu...
By JON PARELESFEB. 1, 2018 -- The New York Times
When Justin Timberlake was announced as the performer for this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, the memory of one of pop’s biggest traumas resurfaced.
The last time Mr. Timberlake played the Super Bowl halftime, it was in an MTV-produced hodgepodge in 2004 that also included Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and a marching band. (Mr. Timberlake had already been in one of those MTV mash-ups three years earlier as a member of ’N Sync.) After some raunchy rap-rock from a flag-draped Kid Rock, Ms. Jackson strutted through a fiery, heartfelt performance of “Rhythm Nation” — demanding, “People of the world, unite!” — that few now remember.
READ MORE: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/arts/mu...
